喰
喰

eat, drink, receive (a blow), (kokuji)

12 strokesGrade 9

Kun

く.うく.らう

Nanori

じき

Dictionary

Common Words

食べるたべるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #184
1

to eat

Examples
もっと果物を食べるべきです。
You should eat more fruit.
2

to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

Examples
僕は脚本家で食べていく決心をした。
I am determined to make a living as a playwright.
食う喰うくう啖うTransitiveGodan verbFreq #785
1

Male

to eat

Examples
お腹を空かせたその男は、食物をむさぼり食った。
The starving man devoured the food.
2

to live; to make a living; to survive

3

to bite; to sting (as insects do)

4

to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of

5

to encroach on; to eat into; to consume

6

to defeat a superior; to threaten a position

7

to consume time; to consume resources

Examples
この事業は金を食う。
This job eats money.
8

Colloquial

to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)

Examples
主人に大目玉を食った。
The boss bawled me out.
9

Male; Vulgar expression or word

to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time

食らう喰らうくらうTransitiveGodan verbFreq #3550
1

Vulgar expression or word

to eat; to drink; to wolf; to knock back

Examples
毒を食らわば皿まで。
As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
2

to receive (e.g. a blow)

Examples
昔は、悪いことをすると、学校の先生から平手をくらったり拳固をもらうことが当たり前だった。
In the past it was perfectly normal to get the back of a teacher's hand or fist as punishment.
3

to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

Examples
銀行強盗すると懲役10年食らうぞ。
Bank robbery will cost you ten years in prison.
出くわすでくわす出会す出交す出喰わすIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #6483
1

to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into

Examples
我々はニューヨークで彼らに出くわした。
We came upon them in New York.
食いつく食い付く食付く喰いつく喰い付く喰付くくいつくIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #7197
1

to bite at; to snap at; to nibble

2

to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to get one's teeth into; to really get into

3

to hold on to; to cling to; to stick to

4

to complain; to bicker

食い止めるくい止めるくいとめるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #7565
1

to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem; to curb; to halt

Examples
被害は最小限に食い止められた。
The damage was held to a minimum.
面食らう面喰らうめんくらうIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #10032
1

to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

Examples
ウォルターはジョンのひどい侮辱に面食らった。
Walter was taken aback by John's cruel insult.
気に食わない気にくわない気に喰わないきにくわない~い Adj.ExpressionFreq #11246
1

unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with

Examples
何がそんなに気にくわないのですか。
What makes you so dissatisfied?
食い物食物くいものNounFreq #11248
1

food; foodstuff

Examples
彼は私の信頼を食いものにした。
He abused my confidence.
2

prey; victim

食い下がるくいさがるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #11774
1

to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to

2

to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose

3

Sumo

to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

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